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Top 3 things to do around Winnipeg the weekend of Jan. 18With her weekly pick of fun things to do on the weekend, here is the rundown from 'Global News Morning's Kahla Evans.Jan 17, 2020
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Walter Learning, founder of Theatre New Brunswick, has died at 81"He started theatre in New Brunswick at a time when no one else in the country was doing it."CanadaJan 7, 2020
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Manitoba playwright named library’s Writer-in-ResidenceThe Writer-in-Residence program gives emerging local writers an opportunity to consult – for free – both online and in-person with a notable local writer.EducationAug 22, 2019
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Sask. author honoured for years of literary workBorn in Moose Jaw in 1940 and raised on a nearby farm, Ken Mitchell has always had a love for the prairies and chose to express it through words.CanadaSep 18, 2018
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Neil Simon, prolific playwright known for ‘The Odd Couple,’ dies at 91Neil Simon, raised in New York, combined humor, drama and introspection in works such as "The Odd Couple", "The Goodbye Girl" and "Lost in Yonkers."EntertainmentAug 26, 2018
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Meet Canada’s newest Senator: New Brunswick author David Adams RichardsRichards' is well known for his commitment to the province of New Brunswick and the Miramichi River Valley in particular.PoliticsAug 30, 2017
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Acclaimed actor, director and playwright Joy Coghill-Thorne dead at 90Joy Coghill-Thorne was born in Findlater, Sask., on May 13, 1926, and grew to be a trailblazer in the Canadian theatre community.CanadaJan 25, 2017
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‘Holy grail’ of William Shakespeare works go up for auctionTo coincide with the anniversary of the William Shakespeare's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the auctioneer's head of books.EntertainmentMar 17, 2016
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Is this the ‘true face’ of Shakespeare?What did Shakespeare look like? A debate that could have gone without an answer until the ‘last syllable of recorded time’ may have finally been answered.May 19, 2015
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